“If the aikido training mat is the world, it’s the world under a magnifying glass. Subtl...

I've seen some impressive dojo in my travels, but never anything like this.  This gentlemen dug out a a 6 meter x 4 meter cave and made ...

Let’s get this straight.  Classical martial arts kata are not practice fighting.  They are not what fighting is or was. Martial arts kata d...

We like training.  It’s fun. We value it.  Training is good for us.  That’s why we do it.  We like what we are doing and what it does for u...

Kata are mechanical and rigid.  They teach petrified patterns and leave the person vulnerable if their partner does something different fro...

Many people think of artists and musicians as somehow being weaker.  Today I read an article reminded me of that and of a post I wrote a whi...

I must be getting old.  I’m certainly getting out of touch.  I find that techniques bore me.   This is surprising because I can readily rem...